Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I appreciate the answer, which contains some useful information but does not quite answer the question I asked. I will give a hypothetical example and I will not name a particular platform. A principal in a school in County Clare is having a recurring problem with a particular element of a particular platform. Has the Department considered approaching all of the platforms to ask for a point person whom schools could contact if there is an issue? That person could talk the schools through the modalities and answer questions. Obviously a school has to decide how to deal with disciplinary action but it might be a useful resource the platforms might be willing to provide in order to give advice on how the platforms work. It is for the school community to decide on sanctions through restorative approaches or other approaches.
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